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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Economic Life and Industries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does a well built hut usually last?
(a) Ten or more years.
(b) Five or more years.
(c) One or more years.
(d) Seven or more years.

2. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1924.

3. What were the Gikuyus made to know by the Europeans?
(a) Might is right.
(b) The black man is inferior.
(c) They should pattern themselves after the Europeans.
(d) Africa has no future.

4. Why did the Gikuyu men get their wives pregnant all at the same time?
(a) To follow an old tribal custom.
(b) To build up the numbers of tribe members.
(c) To prove their virility.
(d) To force a change to a patriarchal society.

5. What can't a man get without sheep and goats?
(a) Status.
(b) Hut.
(c) Land.
(d) Wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. A man who owns a hut is referred to as __________.

2. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?

3. What is the worst thing a Gikuyu man can do to infuriate another?

4. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?

5. How did the medicine man refer to the railway coming to Africa?

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